To celebrate tomorrow’s UK release of First Cow, this profile of screenwriter and author Jon Raymond delves into his decades-long collaboration with Kelly Reichardt.
Book Previews
Ep. 81: In Their Own Words: Fiction Directors
We’ve gathered a panel of editors who worked on our new ebook, In their Own Words: Fiction Directors, to talk about what is in the book, how it was made, and why it’s so exciting.
Ep. 66: Francis Lee’s God’s Own Country and Ammonite
We loved Francis Lee’s debut film God’s Own Country, so much so that we wrote about a book about it. In this episode we discussed God’s Own Country and Ammonite, two films that are somewhat the antithesis of each other, to uncover how they explore class, sex, intimacy, and labour.
An in-depth conversation with the women behind Mouthpiece
Director Patricia Rozema and actors Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava, all of whom co-wrote Mouthpiece together, discuss adapting Mouthpiece from stage to screen, telling an unapologetically Canadian and feminist story, and much more. This interview is an excerpt. The full interview is only available in The 2019 Canadian Cinema Yearbook. This article was originally published […]
‘I don’t believe opposites attract’: Orion Lee on playing one half of First Cow‘s sweet friendship – an ebook preview
Actor Orion Lee discusses his affinities with his First Cow character King-Lu, and how we prepared to play the itinerant entrepreneur.
Playing Cookie Figowitz was ‘very liberating’ for John Magaro – an ebook preview
First Cow star John Magaro on the liberating experience of acting in a Kelly Reichardt film and how he got into character by cooking stews.